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1 1 LAST UPDATE: JUNE 2018 LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS IN OECD COUNTRIES: SOURCES, COVERAGE AND DEFINITIONS Data from LABOUR FORCE Surveys (LFS) make international comparisons easier, compared to a mixture of survey and registration data. However, from one country to another, national LFS may somewhat differ along a number aspects, such as the questionnaire design, the coverage and timing of the survey, etc. The tables below summarise the key characteristics of the data which are used to compile the statistics on employment and unemployment in OECD countries: Table 1. LABOUR FORCE Statistics in OECD countries: sources and coverage Table 2. Employment status of specific categories in National LABOUR FORCE Surveys Table 3. Unemployment duration, LABOUR contracts and working hours: sources and definitions Table 4. Full-time part-time employment (national definitions), Involuntary part-time workers and Economic short-time workers: sources and definitions Table 5.

2 Discouraged workers, marginally attached workers and job tenure: sources and definitions Table 6. LABOUR FORCE Statistics in OECD countries: breaks in series Table 1. LABOUR FORCE Statistics in OECD countries: sources and coverage Source / Statistical office conducting survey. Survey period Coverage Australia Monthly LABOUR FORCE Survey / Australian Bureau of Statistics. Data prior to 1978 refers to the month of August. Data for 1978 is an annual average of quarter month estimates. Data from 1979 onwards is an annual average of monthly estimates. Resident civilian population (excluding members of the permanent defence forces, diplomatic personnel, members of non-Australian defence forces and their families stationed in Australia) aged 15 years and over living in private households or sampled separately in collective households ( hotels, motels, hostels, religious and educational institutions including college residences, prisons, boarding houses and private hotels, Aboriginal settlements, short term caravan parks and camping grounds).

3 Also excludes overseas residents in Australia. Austria Quarterly Microcensus (the Microcensus questions are identical with the referring questions of LABOUR FORCE Survey from 1994) / Austrian Central Statistical Office up to 1999 and Statistics Austria from 2000 onwards. Up to 2003, data are yearly estimates of averages of the quarterly surveys. As of 2004, the annual data are averages of quarterly estimates of the continuous Microcensus sample survey. All persons aged 15 years and over living in private households including all members of the armed forces. 2 Table 1. LABOUR FORCE Statistics in OECD countries: sources and coverage Source / Statistical office conducting survey. Survey period Coverage Belgium European LABOUR FORCE Survey (Spring) / Direct source: Eurostat. The annual data refer to the month of May until 2001 and to annual averages as of 2002. Resident population aged 15 years and over living in private households.

4 Brazil Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domic lios PNAD (Annual) from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). PNAD is conducted the last complete week of each September. The resident population aged 10 years and over living in private households (excluding persons living in embassies, consulates and legations, and also institutionalized persons living in collective living quarters of institutional establishments, such as: military in military installations; prisoners in penitentiaries; inmates in schools, orphanages, nursing homes, hospitals etc.; and religious in convents, monasteries etc.). Prior to 2003 the rural area of six Federation Units (Rond nia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Par e Amap ) were excluded. Canada Monthly Household LABOUR FORCE Survey / Statistics Canada. The annual data are averages of monthly estimates. Civilian resident non-institutional population aged 15 years and over living in private households and in collective households via their parents, including non-permanent residents.

5 It is conducted nationwide, in both the provinces and the territories. Excluded from the survey's coverage are: persons living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements in the provinces, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces, the institutionalized population, and households in extremely remote areas with very low population density. These groups together represent an exclusion of approximately 2% of the population aged 15 and over. National LFS estimates are derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces. Territorial LFS results are not included in the national estimates, but are published separately. Chile Encuesta Nacional de Empleo (up to 2009) Nueva Encuesta Nacional de Empleo (from 2010) The annual data are averages of quarterly estimates. The national and regional resident population 15 and over limited to those persons living in private households or dwellings.

6 The survey also covers the migrant population. Areas that are difficult to access -- reas de dif cil acceso (ADA) are excluded. Colombia Encuesta Continua de Hogares ECH (2001 - 2005) Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares - GEIH (2006 onwards) The survey covers the civilian resident non-institutional population all over the national territory. Costa Rica Encuesta Continua de Empleo (ECE). The annual data are quarterly averages (Q3 2010 Q4 2014). Population (habitual residents in the dwelling) aged 15 years and over participating during the reference period in the production of economic goods and services or were willing to participate. Czech Republic Quarterly LABOUR FORCE Sample Survey / Czech Statistical Office (CSU). The annual data are averages of quarterly estimates. Resident non-institutional population aged 15 years and over in private households living in the chosen dwellings continuously.

7 Persons temporarily absent (under one year) are included. Also includes temporary members of the armed forces surveyed at their residences before they left for the army. There have been no military conscripts since 2005. Denmark European LABOUR FORCE Survey (Spring) / Direct source: Eurostat. The annual data refer to the months of February-June up to 2001 and to annual averages as of 2002. Resident population aged 15 years and over living in private households or collective households. 3 Table 1. LABOUR FORCE Statistics in OECD countries: sources and coverage Source / Statistical office conducting survey. Survey period Coverage Estonia Estonian LABOUR FORCE Survey / Statistics Estonia Data for 1990-1999 are annual average data based on data which were collected about the changes of work in the years preceding the survey and as of 2000 data are annual averages based on reference week data. Total population including private and collective households.

8 For 1989-1996 the survey covers the resident population aged 15-69 and since 1997 persons aged 15-74. Conscripts are included. Finland LABOUR FORCE Survey / Statistics Finland. The annual data are averages of monthly estimates. Persons aged 15 to 74 who are permanent residents of Finland. The data for LABOUR FORCE and employed includes career military and conscripts. France LABOUR FORCE Survey (Enqu te sur l emploi) Quarterly survey since 2003 Q1. Annual average of quarterly estimates. European LABOUR FORCE Survey (Spring) / Direct source: Eurostat. Annual survey until March 2002. As of 2003, quarterly survey and data are annual average of quarterly estimates. Resident non-institutional population aged 15 years and over living in private households and via relatives living in private households in metropolitan France. Also includes career military and conscripts. As of 2003, the survey represents both private and collective households, which are included via relatives in private households.

9 Resident population aged 15 years and over living in private households in metropolitan France. Germany Microcensus (German LABOUR FORCE Survey) / Federal Statistics Office. Prior to 1991, the annual data on the LABOUR FORCE and population are averages of monthly estimates supplied by the German authorities. The annual unemployment figures correspond to unemployed persons registered at the end of the month of September of each year. From 1991 onwards, data for unified Germany are available. Data for LABOUR FORCE and unemployment are annual averages. Resident population aged 15 years and over living in private or collective households (excluding those living in military barracks). It is based on the total LABOUR FORCE including the armed forces. Greece European LABOUR FORCE Survey (Spring) / Direct source: Eurostat. The annual data refer to the months of April-June until 2001 and to annual averages as of 2002.

10 Resident population aged 15 years and over living in private households. Hungary Quarterly LABOUR FORCE Survey / Hungarian Central Statistical Office. The annual data are averages of quarterly estimates. Resident non-institutional population aged 15 to 74 years living in private households. Employed persons including those on maternity leave and excluding those on child-care leave. Persons on child care leave are categorized by their economic activity according to their activity on the reference week. Note: Up to 1994, age group 55 to 64 years refers to ages 55 to 74 years, and the total refers to ages 15 to 74 years. Iceland LABOUR FORCE Survey (Economically Active Population Survey) / Statistic Iceland. The annual data are averages of bi-annual (April and November) estimates for the years 1991-2002 annual averages of the quarterly LFS since 2003. Resident population aged 16 to 74 years living in private and collective households, including all armed forces.